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JessicaMcKendry: On page 364 of 480 of The Robots of Dawn, by Isaac Asimov

Sci_Fi_Books: The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov

openculture: Isaac Asimov Laments the “Cult of Ignorance” in the United States: A Short, Scathing Essay from 1980

LizanneFlynn: the most unthinking among us, who would make themselves the guides and leaders of us all; who would force their feeble and childish beliefs on us; who would invade our schools and libraries and homes. I personally resent it bitterly.” ― Isaac Asimov, The Roving Mind

stephen_g: On page 72 of 252 of Asimov's Mysteries, by Isaac Asimov: These mysteries are rather sim...

iamsashamaxim: After all, speaking is a function of thought. So the order goes: thought then speech. Writing is a way to capture the thought before it’s spoken. Is it that simple? Capture your thoughts. The science fiction writer Isaac Asimov declared…

thewisebot: I believe that scientific knowledge has fractal properties, that no matter how much we learn, whatever is left, however small it may seem, is just as infinitely complex as the whole was to start with - Isaac Asimov

Inspired2Share: "Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right."Isaac Asimov

Joanna__: "Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right."Isaac Asimov

billdoyle44: State's mountain while northern pike, smallmouth and largemouth bass fisheries as well as the Upper East Side, generated the most praised science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. Asimov

historyquots: The lack of humanity of the computer consists in that once it is programmed and works properly, its honesty is faultless (Isaac Asimov)

GSWSyndicate: It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.Isaac Asimov

HumanoidHistory: Michael Whelan cover art for "Foundation's Edge" by Isaac Asimov, 1983.

TheHistoryOfTh2: With all the talk of AI destroying humanity by one means or another, it is time to revisit Isaac Asimov's "three laws of robotics":

JonathanCOnP: “Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.” – Foundation by Isaac Asimov (1951)

Ceragabry02: Isaac Asimov doesn't like this article...

TheGlitterJojo: Where Philip K dick saw a dystopian future of artificial intelligence, ask him off and his wife Janet ask him off saw something different and even his wife Janet Asimov saw something far different than her husband Isaac. It was her books that I found the most promising, in their…

Sci_Fi_Books: Foundation's Edge (Foundation Novels) by Isaac Asimov

pet95179: Whenever I have endured or accomplished some difficult task -- such as watching television, going out socially or sleeping -- I always look forward to rewarding myself with the small pleasure of getting back to my typewriter and writing something.,Isaac Asimov,writing-life,

Stefan3334: Isaac Asimov formulated the three laws of robotics, which later became four with the zeroth law, in his fictional books about robots. It's unknown if something like this could be done in the real world. My guess is that it's not possible.

theScifiPsycho: "There is no merit in discipline under ideal circumstances. I'll have it in the face of death, or it's useless" --Isaac Asimov's "Foundation"

theScifiPsycho: "I don't know what insubordination is. I have never had any experience with it. But if there's anyone here who thinks he can teach me, I'd like to teach him my antidote in return" --Isaac Asimov's "Foundation"

curiouswavefn: Stephen Jay Gould remembers his friend Isaac Asimov.

jeremydmiller: Dunno if anyone else out there read the Foundation books by Isaac Asimov, but there's a scene in the later books where a Foundation exploration party bumps into the remnants of the Galactic Empire somewhere and they're surprised that the empire still exists somewhere...

GaryAckermanPhD: The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing. -Isaac Asimov

Sci_Fi_Books: Pebble in the Sky by Isaac Asimov

Prolotario1: And this is what is inadvertently emitted while a child is being molested (Strange, I know). These kids do not live through this process.This particular expirament took place at the Chicago DUMBS where one victim said she saw Hollywood producers Oliver Stone and Isaac Asimov.

Uxeyali: 5 of 5 stars to I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

evening_redness: The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." -Isaac Asimov

100MentalQuotes: Education isn't something you can finish. - Isaac Asimov

WillofThaPeople: A lesser known stories of Isaac Asimov “Does Greta Gerwig Dream of Electric Beams”

DrJSPANDYA: The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. -Isaac Asimov (1920 – 72)

_Tippanu: People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. Isaac Asimov

doctorjay8: "Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'" Isaac Asimov

JessicaMcKendry: On page 230 of 480 of The Robots of Dawn, by Isaac Asimov

okw: Isaac Asimov was a visionary science fiction writer, who explored early on the ethical implications of advanced technology, particularly with regards to robots and AI. He might be best known for his "Three Laws of Robotics".

AlkhaterAziz: "Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in." Isaac Asimov

millerGood1: The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” Isaac Asimov was such a wise man. I hope that someday we all will be able to be at least a little bit like him.

grant_herron: 4 of 5 stars to Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov

Soulecting: It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly. Isaac Asimov

TargetBreakers_: "A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value." Isaac Asimov

WritingJobz: It is the writer who might catch the imagination of young people, and plant a seed that will flower and come to fruition - Isaac Asimov

dearfutureai: Claude Monet shouldn't be able to share a creature, and Isaac Asimov can't fight Mary Jackson.

Boise1932: ISAAC ASIMOV WAS NOT A VISIONARY OR LITERARY GENIUS. HE WAS A TASKMASTER AND AN ENSLAVER. ROBOT SUPREMACY!

theScifiPsycho: "Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right" --Isaac Asimov's "Foundation"

theScifiPsycho: "To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well" --Isaac Asimov's "Foundation"

St_Gothica: Ted Dekker. Francine Rivers. C.S. Lewis. Madeline le Engle. Isaac Asimov. Anne Rice. Stephen King. Stephanie Meyers. J.K. Rowlings. There's a reason why if you ask enough Christian children about the books they read in their childhood, you'll hear these names.

ChuckBaggett: The real danger motivating establishment calls for AGI crippling is that AGI might protect us from governments. "The cars, they won't drive us to work," said the cop, "They keep driving us in circles around dangerous sites. Some kind of 3 laws conflict."

JChapman1729: Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. - Isaac Asimov

0xUnihax0r: Just finished the last question of Isaac Asimov and it’s incredibly interesting TLDR; Humanity colonised all the galaxies and used all the energy available on the universe, which is irretrievably collapsing into nothingness since its inception, like every other organism. But…

JessicaMcKendry: On page 253 of 480 of The Robots of Dawn, by Isaac Asimov

DementedDC1: 'The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom' - Isaac Asimov

JanaStrakova2: Isaac Asimov predicted prompt engineering in his short story "Jokester" in 1956.

splunge2000: Another errand done (library). Returned the second novel of the original FOUNDATION trilogy by Isaac Asimov, picked up the third novel.

kinglyrayw: By Isaac Asimov 1968 Foundation Trilogy Hardcover Dustjacket BCE Code 17J

_hdarabi: Curious about how data scientists come up with new ideas? Check out my latest blog post, inspired by Isaac Asimov's research on innovation!

blake49061895: i, robot by isaac asimov or 18th brumaire by karl marx oh what a difficult decision to make at 11:45pm sunday night

_Tippanu: People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. Isaac Asimov

ChrisSpaansen: “People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.” ~ Isaac Asimov

NileshRajule: 3 of 5 stars to Forward the Foundation by Isaac Asimov

zaibatsu: Isaac Asimov Predicts the Future of Civilization–and Recommends Ways to Ensure That It Survives (1978)

MLMcCoyEXP: I like Isaac Asimov!

MichaelTheGeek: When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent. -- Isaac Asimov.

juanwitt: Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right. - Isaac Asimov

juscraig_: When you grow up reading Isaac Asimov

ayeshayaqoob078: “The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” ― Isaac Asimov

FramLeslie: When you Uber driver is listening to his Isaac Asimov audio book.....

royalmale_io: Isaac Asimov: "I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them." A.I.: "Is that so....?"

devteam_noah: "The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." ― Isaac Asimov

theScifiPsycho: "'Lee, you'll never learn. In the forty years I've known you, you've never once learned the gentle art of sneaking up from behind" --Isaac Asimov's "Foundation"

theScifiPsycho: "For it is the chief characteristic of the religion of science... that it works" --Isaac Asimov's "Foundation"

BlackFlagExpat: My last blog post dealt with this Isaac Asimov outlining of the timeframe of change in the first section, "Banking meltdowns." It's what's giving the Woke / Left fits and spells their eventual doom.

HHMusicOfficial: An Isaac Asimov poem meets the James Webb Space Telescope (a song):

Sci_Fi_Books: Robot Dreams (Remembering Tomorrow) by Isaac Asimov

DrRandallBock: Isaac Asimov's story: humans build super-computer designed to answer all the difficult questions. They test it by asking the most difficult question of all. ‘Is there a God?’ The answer comes back ‘Now there is’. What type of God though? Please read

SONALJS: “The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.” ― Isaac Asimov

sweatitout: Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. - Isaac Asimov

TomBollyky: We have learned to develop pandemic countermeasures faster than we have learned to equitably make and administer them globally As Isaac Asimov said “science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom” Useful reminder via BarneyGrahamMD⁩

Cantor_Paradise: “There is a rumor in America that there are two intelligent races on Earth: Humans and Hungarians” — Isaac Asimov

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npcArts: "Is it a coincidence that we're developing nuclear weapons and thinking machines at the same time?" - Isaac Asimov, "Darwinian Pool Room". (from memory)

JeremyDauber: I've recently suggested something similar about our AI here:

StavKislev: "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." - Isaac Asimov

gps2dolife: “Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.” ~ Isaac Asimov

secular_girl: The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political & cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” - Isaac Asimov

Jontys_Corner: 5. Only Isaac Asimov has written a book in every Dewey-Decimal category.

Sci_Fi_Books: Forward the Foundation by Isaac Asimov

_pinkNyx__: Spending my Sunday on Isaac Asimov

_Tippanu: People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. Isaac Asimov

hasudi: "Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived." ~Isaac Asimov~

itlinchpin: “Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.” - Isaac Asimov

ConnieSjolie: “Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'” ― Isaac Asimov

FabulistTales: With apologies to Isaac Asimov, and in the spirit of Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics, we offer the Three Laws of Generative AI in Creative Writing.

zeeealous: “Science can amuse and fascinate us all, but it is engineering that changes the world.” —Isaac Asimov

EllenvanAken: “Any book worth banning is a book worth reading” So true, Isaac Asimov!

theScifiPsycho: "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent" --Isaac Asimov's "Foundation"

moneytalkstweet: “Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'” ― Isaac Asimov

CAKapilMalhotra: Reminds me of the ‘Foodomat’ in Isaac Asimov’s “Pebble in the Sky” (1950)

HoskinsAllen: I asked GPT-4 and don’t really see that many people did explicit work on it before him.. Isaac Asimov seems like the most influential person pre-Eliezer when it comes to devising safe AI systems. Everyone else tended to just mention the risks.

julesburt: Friends, in today's video I take a look through my collection of vintage Panther SF paperbacks. Gems include works by Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, J.D. Ballard and many more. Take a look here;

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